Tohoku
Iwate
Ōfunato-shi

Shimofunato Station

Shimofunato Station was a JR East railway station located in Ōfunato, , . The station was closed after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.
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  • Type: Bus stop
  • Description: former railway station, now a BRT station in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shimofunato” and “Shimofunato-eki”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sangojima Island and Ōfunatomarumori.

Islet
Sangojima in an uninhabited islet located in the center of Ōfunato Bay, on the Sanriku Coast of Japan. It has been designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1946. is situated 570 metres east of Shimofunato Station.

Railway station
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Shimofunato Station.

Bus stop
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a bus stop, which is situated 1½ km north of Shimofunato Station.

Shimofunato Station

Latitude
39.03834° or 39° 2′ 18″ north
Longitude
141.7212° or 141° 43′ 16″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8RF32PQC+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4833618713
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
Geo­Names ID
7548722
Wiki­data ID
Q7496955
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Satellite Map

Discover Shimofunato Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Korean—“Shimofunato Station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “下船渡”
  • Chinese: “下船渡站”
  • Chinese: “下船渡車站”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun Shimofunato”
  • Japanese: “しもふなと”
  • Japanese: “しもふなとえき”
  • Japanese: “下船渡”
  • Japanese: “下船渡駅”
  • Korean: “시모후나토”
  • Korean: “시모후나토역”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shimofunato Station”. Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.